Ballymena Town (District Electoral Area)

Ballymena Town was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected seven members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ballymena Area D which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ardeevin, Ballyloughan, Castle Demesne, Dunclug, Fair Green, Park and Summerfield. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections, with Ardeevin, Ballyloughan, Dunclug, Fair Green and Park moving to the new Ballymena North DEA and Castle Demesne and Summerfield moving to the new Ballymena South DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1989		Patrick McAvoy (SDLP)		Gareth Williams (Alliance)		John Wilson (DUP)		Maurice Mills (DUP)		James Alexander (UUP)		Robert Coulter (UUP)		Samuel Henry (Independent Unionist)
1985				Richard McKeown (DUP)		Robert Maternaghan (DUP)				Gordon Wilson (UUP)

1989 Election

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Ballymena Town - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy*	15.06%	897
	Alliance	Gareth Williams	13.97%	832
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Henry*	13.67%	814
	Ulster Unionist	James Alexander	10.60%	631	631.17	651.32	668.06	750.12
	DUP	Maurice Mills*	8.14%	485	485	488.12	495.14	501.99	724.64	969.75
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Coulter*	9.99%	595	595	612.55	631.54	738.14	743.49	784.65
	DUP	John Wilson	7.42%	442	442	445.51	447.94	451.88	466.06	592.47	783.26
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan	6.77%	403	553.45	573.34	576.04	580.65	581.65	582.65	585.65
	DUP	John Carson	6.87%	409	409	410.69	413.12	416.87	433.05
	DUP	Vera Mills	4.38%	261	261.34	261.99	263.52	264.01
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Simpson	3.12%	186	186	204.2	220.13
Electorate: 12,831   Valid: 5,955 (46.41%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 745   Turnout: 6,085 (47.42%)

1985 Election

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Ballymena Town - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy	17.33%	1,126
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Henry*	13.48%	876
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Coulter	12.22%	794	794.28	807.58	886.58
	Ulster Unionist	Gordon Wilson*	6.20%	403	403.56	419.17	581.16	711.3	775.3	841.22
	DUP	Maurice Mills*	10.89%	708	708.28	711.71	722.99	753.18	756.18	764
	DUP	Richard McKeown	9.85%	640	640.84	642.94	644.08	677.99	679.99	691.12
	DUP	Robert Maternaghan*	8.66%	563	563.28	566.22	571.36	635.41	637.41	639.32
	DUP	John Wilson	8.28%	538	538	539.33	550.89	589.45	591.45	600.37
	SDLP	Malachy Reynolds	3.71%	241	550.12	552.29	555.43	565.99	565.99
	Ind. Unionist	James Alexander*	5.05%	328	329.4	340.67	352.72
	Ulster Unionist	Warren Wray	4.34%	282	282	288.72
Electorate: 12,497   Valid: 6,499 (52.00%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 813   Turnout: 6,604 (52.84%)